Definitions
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- noun The
generation of zero-carbon or low-carbonheat andpower byindividuals , smallbusinesses andcommunities to meet their own needs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Officials dislike the idea of microgeneration because it gives someone else the power to take decisions, says Geoffrey Lean.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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Civil servants in successive energy departments have always hated the idea of microgeneration, and done all they could to stifle it.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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Gordon Brown needs to prioritise incentives for "microgeneration" energy such as solar heat panels and ground heat pumps on potentially 26 million homes rather than a risky and uncertain drive for the nuclear option.
I would Pay But Its Illegal Newmania 2007
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The tariffs for solar and other renewable "microgeneration" are a key part of the UK's plan to cut carbon emissions and hit an EU target of generating a fifth of energy from renewable sources by 2020 government forecasts installations driven by the tariff will account for 1.6% of the UK's electricity consumption in 10 years 'time.
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Under another - aimed at encouraging trendy "microgeneration" through solar panels or wind turbines on homes - it costs £460.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Under another - aimed at encouraging trendy "microgeneration" through solar panels or wind turbines on homes - it costs £460.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Last year, a report backed by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (as was) concluded that, with proper encouragement, nine million British homes could be using such "microgeneration" by 2020, producing the same amount of electricity as five nuclear power stations.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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Our products and solutions are part of the new "microgeneration" movement that is transforming the way everyday people provide for their energy needs.
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It will also place safeguards on the noise and visual nuisance of these "microgeneration" devices.
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It will also place safeguards on the noise and visual nuisance of these "microgeneration" devices.
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